Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Eruvin 81:5

ואמר עולא הלכה כרבי יוסי ומי עבדינן כרבי יוסי ורמינהי אין גוזרין תענית על הציבור בראשי חדשים בחנוכה ובפורים ואם התחילו אין מפסיקין דברי ר"ג אמר ר"מ אף על פי שאמר רבן גמליאל אין מפסיקין מודה היה שאין משלימין וכן בט' באב שחל להיות בע"ש

they replied: 'to let it out<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to go out from it'.');"><sup>11</sup></span> [when in such a state] because he has eaten and drunk throughout the day, would you also allow a person<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'will you say'.');"><sup>14</sup></span> to begin it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to enter it'.');"><sup>9</sup></span> when in a state of affliction, though he has not eaten or drunk all day? ' And in connection with this Ulla ruled: The halachah agrees with R'Jose.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A contrary ruling to the one given previously on the enquiry made at R. Huna's.');"><sup>15</sup></span>

Teshuvot Maharam

A. A baal-berith (the person who holds the child during circumcision) is permitted to change his clothes and to bathe on the day the child is circumcised, even if such day be within his "period of mourning" (thirty days). The prohibition against changing one's clothes and bathing within the "period of-mourning" is based on custom and does not apply to persons performing a Mitzvah (religious duty). Within the thirty days of mourning, however, a person is not permitted to take part in a religious banquet, though one is permitted to return a visit to a secular feast. Therefore, the baal-berith is not permitted to take part in the banquet following circumcision.
SOURCES: L. 227, 8, 9; cf. Mord., Moed katan, 891.
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